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Synology Guides

Here are my Synology guides — 25 in all. Every one is written in plain English, researched and reviewed by me, and free to read, print, or share. And if you get stuck, I can often fix it the same day without leaving your chair — remotely.

All 25 Synology guides

Free to read, print, or share — no sign-up, no email. Every one written and reviewed by Bill.

A Synology Maintenance Checklist — Keep It Healthy Read the guide → Active Backup — Whole-PC and Mac Backups to Your Synology Read the guide → Choosing a Synology That Fits You Read the guide → Container Manager (Docker) Basics on Synology Read the guide → Expanding Storage — Adding Drives & Growing Your Pool Read the guide → First-Time Synology Setup — Getting DSM Running Read the guide → Hyper Backup — Backing up the NAS Itself Read the guide → Installing Packages — The Synology App Store Read the guide → MailPlus, Note & Calendar — Synology's Office Suite Read the guide → Moving from Cloud Storage to a Synology Read the guide → QuickConnect vs a VPN — Reaching Your Synology from Away Read the guide → Replacing a Failed Drive — Rebuilding Without Losing Data Read the guide → Running Plex on a Synology — Your Own Movie & Music Library Read the guide → Shared Folders, Users & Permissions — Who Sees What Read the guide → Snapshots & Versioning — Undo Mistakes with Btrfs Read the guide → Surveillance Station — Home Cameras on Your Synology Read the guide → Synology Drive — Files That Sync Like Dropbox Read the guide → Synology for a Small Business — Shared Drives & a Backup Strategy Read the guide → Synology Photos — Back up Your Phone, Albums, Face & Place Search Read the guide → Synology Security Essentials Read the guide → The DSM Desktop Tour — Finding Your Way Around Read the guide → The Synology Mobile Apps — DS file, Synology Photos & More Read the guide → Time Machine to a Synology — Mac Backups to Your NAS Read the guide → Troubleshooting Common Synology Issues Read the guide → When to Call a Pro — Synology Help Without the Headache Read the guide →

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